A new solar cell design could raise the energy conversion efficiency to over 50% by absorbing the spectral components of longer wavelengths that are usually lost during transmission through the cell.
Apr 24th, 2017
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Researchers have engineered a self-sustaining sensor platform to continuously monitor the surrounding environment without having an external power source.
Apr 24th, 2017
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A team of researchers has developed a single-unit, photo-rechargeable portable power source based on high-efficiency silicon solar cells and lithium-ion batteries.
Apr 24th, 2017
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Engineers use ice-templating to control electrolyte structure in lithium batteries; solid-state is non-flammable, non-toxic and flexible with longer battery life.
Apr 24th, 2017
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DNA self-assembly allows the unprecedented control of the optical properties of plasmonic metamolecules.
Apr 24th, 2017
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In his work, Geoffrey Beach combines the deep, theoretical understanding of a physicist with an engineer's passion for building and refining the devices needed to carry out his investigations.
Apr 24th, 2017
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Used in filtration membranes, ultrathin material could help make desalination more productive.
Apr 24th, 2017
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Physicists and mathematicians have discovered by advanced calculations that a thin diamond-like photonic nanostructure reflects a surprisingly broad range of colors of light omnidirectionally.
Apr 24th, 2017
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Scientists have created a technique which can keep proteins intact at high temperatures up to 100 C, by encasing them in silica cages.
Apr 24th, 2017
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A team of researchers is focussing their efforts on using microfluidics as a tool to reveal the laws and principles ruling the behavior of complex fluids at the microscopic scale. Then in a second phase, they make use of these discoveries to provide direct applications in healthcare and biotechnology.
Apr 24th, 2017
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If carefully controlled, the same process that creates rust - metal oxidation - could offer scientists ways to advance state-of-the-art battery or drug delivery technologies.
Apr 22nd, 2017
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Reflecting the structure of composites found in nature and the ancient world, researchers have synthesized thin carbon nanotube textiles that exhibit both high electrical conductivity and a level of toughness that is about fifty times higher than copper films, currently used in electronics.
Apr 21st, 2017
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First definitive experimental evidence of two-dimensional melting of hard spheres.
Apr 21st, 2017
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A novel detector could dramatically change the manner and accuracy with which we are able to detect nuclear threats.
Apr 21st, 2017
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Researchers describe a mathematical model for designing new materials for storing electricity. The model could be a huge benefit to chemists and materials scientists, who traditionally rely on trial and error to create new materials for batteries and capacitors.
Apr 21st, 2017
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Researchers have developed a biosensor platform which has 20 times faster detection capability than the existing biosensors using magnetic patterns resembling a spider web.
Apr 21st, 2017
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